The Galway Shawl

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In Oranmore in the County Galway,
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One pleasant evening in the month of May,
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I spied a damsel, she was young and handsome
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Her beauty fairly took my breath away


[Verse 2]
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We kept on walking, she kept on talking,
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'Till her father's cottage came into view
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Says she: 'Come in, sir, and meet my father,
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And play to please him " The Foggy Dew "



[Chorus]
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She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds,
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No paint or powder, no, none at all
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But she wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it
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And round her shoulders was a Galway Shawl


[Verse 3]
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I played "The Blackbird" and "The Stack of Barley",
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" Rodney's Glory" and "The Foggy Dew",
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She sang each note like an Irish linnet
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While the tears flowed from her eyes so blue


[Chorus]
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She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds,
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No paint or powder, no, none at all
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But she wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it
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And round her shoulders was a Galway Shawl


INSTUMENTAL VERSE

[Verse 4]
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'Twas early, early, all in the morning,
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When I hit the road for old Donegal
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She said 'Goodby, sir,'she cried and kissed me
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And my heart remains with the Galway shawl


[Chorus]

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She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds,
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No paint or powder, no, none at all
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But she wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it
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And round her shoulders was a Galway Shawl


[Chorus]

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She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds,
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No paint or powder, no, none at all
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But she wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it
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And round her shoulders was a Galway Shawl


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And round her shoulders was a Galway Shawl